媽咪 (maa1 mai1 mi4 / mai1 mi1 | ) : mummy; mommy

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媽咪

maa1 mai1 mi4 / mai1 mi1

[1] [loanword] mummy (affectionate address for mother); mommy [2] [華]: 媽媽

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 3,420,000

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

媽咪 / 妈咪

This word was added by aaron on 20th Oct 2004 13:17 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

Characters in this word:

媽 maa1 - mother; mum
咪 mai1 mai5 mai6 - cat's mew; study hard; don't

Showing all 5 examples containing 媽咪

媽咪好似返咗嚟啦喎
Seems like Mum's back home!
[Lit. mum seems return-already come [particles]]

我媽咪走咗未呀？粵
Has mum left yet?
[Lit. I mummy run-already not-yet [particle]? [Said by one of my students :)]]

今晚我媽咪接我粵
My mum'll pick me up this evening.
[Lit. this evening I mom collect me]

我同媽咪傾緊偈。粵
I am chatting with my mummy.

你媽咪畀唔畀你早走呀？粵
Will your mum let you go early?
[Lit. you mum let-not-let you early run?]

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Decimal representation of this word: 媽咪

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